I have not looked at a newspaper in twenty years; if one is brought into the room, I flee. This is not because I am indifferent but because one cannot follow every road.

When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don't. I have a knack for disturbing.

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.

There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard.

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.